#42C565#42C565

#42C565 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.177 H 148.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C565
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(136, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(136, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 48.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -56.06, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 67.61, 146.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.1511 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.177 148.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5601, 42.0277, 19.1272)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C565 #C542A2

analogous

#61C542 #42C565 #42C5A7

triadic

#42C565 #6542C5 #C56542

tetradic

#42C565 #4261C5 #C542A2 #C5A742

square

#42C565 #4261C5 #C542A2 #C5A742

split-complementary

#42C565 #A742C5 #C54261

monochromatic

#216C35 #2F9A4C #42C565 #71D38B #A0E2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#42C565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C565

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C565	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08C1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.177 148.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d892',
    500: '#42c565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c565;
$custom-light: #86d892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.031,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.17688,
    "h": 148.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C565

secondary

#CE95BF

accent

#4BB6DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C565

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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